Registry:
Yes, it did fix some registry stuff and backed it up to the same place you ran Hijack this from (you can open then in Notepad and copy their info into one text file)
Long story short, the Registry is a large database that saves settings of programs and even hardware settings. *ALWAYS* exercise caution in the registry, as it can screw things up (I know, I did something to make Explorer crash randomly.) Back it up before making a change!
To access, go Start Menu > Run > regedit
Hives:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER [HKCU] (Settings applying only to the current user)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE [HKLM] (Settings applying to all users)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT [HKCU] (Mostly file type associations and Class IDs)
Keys: The "folder" type items
Values: Various types of data (Strings, Expanded Strings, Binary and DWORD are examples of types)
(If anyone knows of a page that describes it better than I can, please post a link!)
That EXE file at the end was running at startup and was probably spyware or malware, which most likely kept resetting your home page at Windows startup. It's startup key was the first reg entry I listed that Hijack fix, and by deleting that file ensuring it can't do anything more, with the reboot making sure its out of memory for good. Being it had a really off the wall name like that gave away it malicious intent. There's some viruses that hide with system like names in system folders:
RUNDLL16.EXE, CMD32.EXE, SYSTEM32.EXE are just some examples of viruses in disguise.
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary>Good process list</a> They have them categorized by malware/spyware, system processes and legit stuff you might have.
As for changing the default home page at startup...
Copy and paste this into Notepad:
<font color=red>
dim WinReg
Const RegKey = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page"
Set WinReg = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
WinReg.RegWrite RegKey, "<insert your Home page here>"
</font color=red>
Insert you home page where noted.
Save this to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
as any name with a .vbs after it.
I hope I hit all your questions...let me know if you want any more info...
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